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David Watts · 02-18-2017, 09:14 AM

Coltrane's question kind of peaked my curiosity, so last night I went home and created a couple different completely fictional random debut leagues. By this I mean, no use of the historical wizard, starting with inaugural draft consisting of all fictional players. Random debut historical players from that point on.

Simmed the first one over around a 50 year period. Realized I forgot to disable the international complex. This was resulting in way too many fictional players. So, started created another with it turned off.

Though, I'm not sure in the long run if strictly fictional would be a way I would want to play, the results one gets are definitely interesting. The "what if" factor is magnified 1000 fold. For that reason, I would like to take back my earlier statement and say if fictional is the way you want to go, go for it.

Being a fast sim I was simply speeding through time, so one of the first things I noticed was Babe Ruth. In the second fast sim Babe has played from 1970 to the current year of 1985. He's been a pitcher his entire career(if slow simming or playing them out, I'm sure you can ensure he turns to hitting). In this sim, he is a ho hum 110-108 4.03. He pitched roughly 7 years as a starter and then heads to the bullpen.

Walter Johnson is currently 34 years old in this sim. He also entered the league in 1970. He's 171-165 3.74. He's been a starter for the most part, but at age 28 was he went 2-7 as his team's closer saving 30 games.

On the other side of this, Dean Chance a pitcher with a career MLB record of 128-115 2.92, went 419-174, 2.64 in this sim. Pete Donahue 138-118, 3.87 cruised to a 308-145, 2.95 in the sim.

In this second sim Gary Sheffield is the current home run king with 568. Followed by Ed Konetchy 543, the sleepy Tony Clark 507 and the mighty Dave Clark 495. Next on this list is Fred Lynn with 473 and then Hank Aaron with 452. Aaron appears to have been more susceptible to injuries in this sim than he was in real life, playing in 704 less sim games than real games.

Dave Clark is the current leader in career WAR 121.8 followed by Fred Lynn 119.5, Roberto Alomar 116.49, Homerun Baker 111.28

02-18-2017, 09:14 AM	#12
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,823 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Coltrane's question kind of peaked my curiosity, so last night I went home and created a couple different completely fictional random debut leagues. By this I mean, no use of the historical wizard, starting with inaugural draft consisting of all fictional players. Random debut historical players from that point on. Simmed the first one over around a 50 year period. Realized I forgot to disable the international complex. This was resulting in way too many fictional players. So, started created another with it turned off. Though, I'm not sure in the long run if strictly fictional would be a way I would want to play, the results one gets are definitely interesting. The "what if" factor is magnified 1000 fold. For that reason, I would like to take back my earlier statement and say if fictional is the way you want to go, go for it. Being a fast sim I was simply speeding through time, so one of the first things I noticed was Babe Ruth. In the second fast sim Babe has played from 1970 to the current year of 1985. He's been a pitcher his entire career(if slow simming or playing them out, I'm sure you can ensure he turns to hitting). In this sim, he is a ho hum 110-108 4.03. He pitched roughly 7 years as a starter and then heads to the bullpen. Walter Johnson is currently 34 years old in this sim. He also entered the league in 1970. He's 171-165 3.74. He's been a starter for the most part, but at age 28 was he went 2-7 as his team's closer saving 30 games. On the other side of this, Dean Chance a pitcher with a career MLB record of 128-115 2.92, went 419-174, 2.64 in this sim. Pete Donahue 138-118, 3.87 cruised to a 308-145, 2.95 in the sim. In this second sim Gary Sheffield is the current home run king with 568. Followed by Ed Konetchy 543, the sleepy Tony Clark 507 and the mighty Dave Clark 495. Next on this list is Fred Lynn with 473 and then Hank Aaron with 452. Aaron appears to have been more susceptible to injuries in this sim than he was in real life, playing in 704 less sim games than real games. Dave Clark is the current leader in career WAR 121.8 followed by Fred Lynn 119.5, Roberto Alomar 116.49, Homerun Baker 111.28 Last edited by David Watts; 02-18-2017 at 09:16 AM.